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Chlamydopsis
There are more than seventy species in this myrmecophilous genus of Histeridae, subfamily Chlamydopsinae.
Species of Chlamydopsis are difficult to define as a group. All species have some kind of trichome on the front corner of each elytron, and a few have additional trichomes on the sides of the pronotum. In contrast to a large number of genera in the subfamily, the scutellum in species of Chlamydopsis is fully exposed, though this is obviously a plesiomorphic character. Most species have the pronotum at least margined laterally, and in most species it is clearly elevated, on both the sides and the front, making the pronotum appear depressed. Essentially all species have strongly dimorphic antennal clubs, with that of the male appearing very elongate, usually longer than all the other segments (including the large scape) combined.
| Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydopsis acutricha | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis agilis | Lea, 1914 | Rhytidoponera metallica | Australia | |
| Chlamydopsis antennata | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis australis | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis baloghi | Caterino, 2006 | ants | New Caledonia | |
| Chlamydopsis bataviae | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis bifovaecollis | (Oke, 1923) | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis burnetta | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis caledoniae | Caterino, 2006 | New Caledonia | ||
| Chlamydopsis carinicollis | Lea, 1919 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis carinota | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis cavicollis | Lea, 1912 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis chadster | Caterino, 2007 | New Guinea | ||
| Chlamydopsis compressipes | Lea, 1919 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis contorta | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis convergens | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis convexa | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis coronis | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis crowcrofti | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis degallieri | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis detecti | Lea, 1914 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis dimorpha | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis dispersa | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis doutti | Caterino, 2007 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis ectatommae | Lea, 1912 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis epipleuralis | Lea, 1912 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis erupta | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis formicicola | (King, 1869) | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis inaequalis | Blackburn, 1891 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis inquilina | Lewis, 1885 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis jayawijaya | Caterino, 2003 | Indonesia, Western Papua | ||
| Chlamydopsis kununurra | Caterino, 2003 | Australia | ||
| Chlamydopsis latipennis | Lea, 1912 | AUS: SA | ||
| Chlamydopsis latipes | Lea, 1919 | AUS: WA | ||
| Chlamydopsis lawrencei | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: ACT | ||
| Chlamydopsis leai | Oke, 1923 | AUS: Vic. | ||
| Chlamydopsis lepida | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: SA | ||
| Chlamydopsis loculosa | Lea, 1925 | AUS: NSW, SA, WA | ||
| Chlamydopsis longipes | Lea, 1910 | AUS: Vic., SA | ||
| Chlamydopsis lucifer | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: NT, Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis macmillani | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: WA | ||
| Chlamydopsis mallee | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: SA | ||
| Chlamydopsis mareeba | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis matthewsi | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: NSW | ||
| Chlamydopsis monteithi | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis mormolyce | Lea, 1925 | AUS: WA | ||
| Chlamydopsis myrmecophila | Caterino, 2003 | Australia: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis nielseni | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: SA | ||
| Chlamydopsis nullarbor | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: WA | ||
| Chlamydopsis pallida | Lea, 1918 | AUS: NSW | ||
| Chlamydopsis papuae | Lewis, 1913 | PNG: Central Province | ||
| Chlamydopsis parallelus | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis pecki | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: WA | ||
| Chlamydopsis pilosipes | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis pluriseta | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis pygidialis | Blackburn, 1900 | AUS: ACT, Vic. | ||
| Chlamydopsis rana | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis reticulata | Lea, 1910 | AUS: NSW, ACT, Vic., Tas. | ||
| Chlamydopsis rotunda | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis sculptus | Oke, 1923 | AUS: Vic., SA | ||
| Chlamydopsis serricollis | Lea, 1914 | AUS: NSW | ||
| Chlamydopsis setifera | Caterino, 2003 | AUD: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis setipennis | Oke, 1923 | AUS: Vic. | ||
| Chlamydopsis storeyi | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: WA | ||
| Chlamydopsis striatella | Westwood, 1869 | AUS: WA | ||
| Chlamydopsis striatipennis | Lea, 1919 | AUS: NSW, ACT, Vic. | ||
| Chlamydopsis strigicollis | Oke, 1923 | AUS: NSW, ACT, Vic. | ||
| Chlamydopsis transversa | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis trichonota | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis tuberculata | Lea, 1912 | AUS: Vic. | ||
| Chlamydopsis variolosa | Lea, 1910 | AUS: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis weiri | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: Qld | ||
| Chlamydopsis zborowskii | Caterino, 2003 | AUS: Qld |
REFERENCES
- Blackburn, T. (1900). On some new genera and species of Australian Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 12(n.s.), 206–233.
- Michael S. Caterino "Two New Species of Chlamydopsis Westwood (Coleoptera: Histeridae)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 61(3), 327-333, (25 October 2007). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X(2007)61[327:TNSOCW]2.0.CO;2
- Lea, A. (1910). Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera inhabiting or resorting to the nests of ants, bees and termites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23, 116–230.
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- Lea, A. (1914a). On Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Part II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 26 (n.s.), 211–227.
- Lea, A. (1914b). Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 38, 249–344.
- Lea, A. (1919). Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part V. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 43, 166–261
- Lea, A. (1925). On Australian Histeridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 57, 239–262.
- Lewis, G. (1913). On new species of Histeridae and notices of others. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12, 81–87.
- Lewis, G. (1885). New species of Histeridae, with synonymical notes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 5 15, 131–140.
- Oke, C. (1923). Notes on the Victorian Chlamydopsinae, with descriptions of new species. Victorian Naturalist 49, 152–162.
- Westwood, J. O. (1869). Remarks on the genus Ectrephes, and descriptions of new exotic Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1869, 315–320.